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shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, a county
treasurer, who shall hold his office for four years, from the first
day in January next succeeding the day of his election, or
until his successor is duly elected and qualified, except that
the term of office of the person elected at the said election to
be held in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six shall com-
mence with the first Monday of May, 1947, and shall end with
the expiration of the 31st day of December, 1950, and the
term of office of the person elected at all succeeding elections
shall be as hereinbefore provided; he shall be subject to re-
moval from office by the County Commissioners of said coun-
ty, for any willful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office, at
any time, upon conviction in a court of law; the person so
elected county treasurer shall be collector of all State taxes
and all county taxes, for whatsoever purpose, which shall be
levied or assessed during his term of office; and it shall be
his duty to receive and collect all State and county taxes
levied or assessed or put in his hands for collection, with
full power to enforce the payment of the same by sale or
otherwise, and to convey title to any real or personal prop-
erty duly sold by him for the payment of State and county
taxes, according to law, and receive all money which shall be
due and payable to said county from any source whatever.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 867.
(House Bill 582)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
77 of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Howard County", sub-title "Coun-
ty Commissioners", relating to the salary of the County
Attorney and additional duties by said Attorney.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 77 of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Howard 'County",
sub-title "County Commissioners", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, 'to read as follows:

77. The County Commissioners of Howard County are here-
by authorized and directed to employ at an annual salary of
One Thousand Dollars per annum, payable quarterly, "one